Derek Schmidt is the Owner, Founder and Clinical Director of Reach, Inc., a therapeutic counseling agency in Denver, Colorado. Derek holds a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and is licensed as an LPC in Colorado. In addition, Derek is Certified in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Gestalt Therapy, and Wilderness Emergency Medicine (WFR). Derek has over 12 years experience as a therapist and facilitator combining his passion for wilderness, adventure, and self-exploration while assisting individuals in creating powerful, illuminating experiences. Derek believes in the power of the “here-and-now” and utilizes the body, mind, and environment as avenues for exploration of the client’s process.

Derek lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife, son, and two golden retrievers. Derek can often be found doing yoga, climbing, or mountaineering.

Dr. Chandra Nagireddy has a Ph.D. in Marriage & Family Therapy from The University of Georgia. Since 2005, Dr. Chandra served as a Facilitator in Basic Training with EMDR Institute and EMDR-HAP until 2014. His passion has been exploring the enormous healing potential inherent in EMDR and teasing out the nuances in its practice as articulated by Dr. Francine Shapiro.

Now, Dr. Chandra offers EMDRIA Approved Basic Training which is 10 days long spread over 12 weeks which is methodologically rigorous and clinically intensive. This intensive EMDR Basic Training is offered in Colorado Springs and Denver in Spring and Fall. Please visit www.emdrtrainingacademy.com for detailed information about the Training.

Contemplative Psychotherapy is a mindfulness/awareness approach focusing the therapeutic relationship on the here and now, which might include past discoveries and future inclinations. This method includes various techniques or no technique at all. Depending on what is suitable for the client. I value being present, compassionate, and genuine. I have daily practices that serve to develop a larger capacity to hold and be present with the pain and suffering a client might be experiencing in an accepting manner without bias, or personal reactivity. From this, the client learns to hold and accept their own suffering without rejecting parts of themselves; and thus feels more whole and empowered, seeing that all situations are workable.

Amy is a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and attachment work with both individuals and couples. She integrates the outdoors and wilderness into her work as a way to help people deepen their process and connect with the fundamental nature of being. Her work is informed by specialized training in Annie Brooks's Somatic Attachment Therapy, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and extensive work in the field of wilderness therapy. Amy's experience includes several years of grief counseling with local hospice agencies, providing therapy to families in a residential treatment setting, counseling dual-diagnosis adolescents in wilderness settings, and facilitating support groups for LGBTIQ teens. She is an adjunct faculty member at Naropa University and supervises interns at Boulder Emotional Wellness. Visit www.amywinchester.com for more info